Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Touch

McCullough, Colleen · 2003

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine novel set in Australia, this time in the midst of a Gold Rush in the minefields of Australia, by the beloved author of The Thorn Birds. 454 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adhe...

Trial at Monomoy

Masters, John · 1964

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in brown cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering t...

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Sedaris, David · 2004

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. More hilarious life observations by the master of the obliquely ascrerbic essayist, David Sedaris, the second funniest of the Sedaris siblings. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcove...

The Cottages of Lilliput Lane

Scott, Deborah · 1991

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Huntington New York, Portfolio Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. A comprehensive survey of th...

Painting the Town: Cityscapes of New York

Ramirez, Jan Seidler, ed. · 2000

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Museum of the City of New York / Yale University Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, br...

Looking for Alaska

Jenkins, Peter · 2001

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Eighteen months' travel to and exploration of Alaska by the beloved author of A Walk Across America, published two decades prior. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no d...

Denali: Deception, Defeat, and Triumph

Cook, Frederick, Belmore Browne, Hudson Stuck and Art Davidson · 2001

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Seattle, WA, Mountaineers Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Three full books in one: : To the Top of the Continent / The Conquest of Mount McKinley / The Ascent of Denali. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. P...

Lost Empire: The Life and Adventures of Nikolai Petrovich Bezanov

Chevigny, Hector · 1958

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Portland, Oregon, Binfords & Mort, 1958. Fifth Printing of the Second Edi. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and readable account of Western Americana and the life and efforts of Nikolai Rezanov to support Russia's Imperial aims in California, Alaska and even Hawai'i....

Uncle Sam's Attic: The Intimate Story of Alaska

Davis, Mary Lee · 1930

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Boston, Massachusetts, W.A. Wilde, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and readable account of the eight years' experiences of the author having adventure in Alaska, written for popular audiences about Alaska, the people, cities, mineral and other r...

Rabbit at Rest

Updike, John · 1990

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 1990. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The fourth and final of Updike's magnificent quartet of novels about Harry (Rabbit) Angstrom. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright in...

Men of the Frozen North

Freuchen, Peter · 1962

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Cleveland, Ohio, World Publishing Co., 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A brilliant social history of a century's worth of travel and exploration, ethnographic and ethnological fact and fiction about the Inuit and other peoples in the Far North around ...

This Was San Francisco

Lewis, Oscar, ed. · 1962

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, David McKay Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First-hand accounts of the evolution of one of America's favorite cities. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in brick-red cl...

Alaska - Past and Present

Clarence C. Hulley · 1958

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Portland, Oregon , Binfords & Mort, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned, minimal rubbing to extremities, but forward cock to spine and mostly removed library check-out pocket (though no a...

The Antarctic Challenged

Mountevans, Admiral Lord · 1956

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, John De Graff, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First American Edition, a fine account by Admiral Scott's second-in-command during his final expedition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing...

Wildlife

Ford, Richard · 1990

$15.20 (€13.79 | £11.51 | ¥2,427)

New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Richard Ford's fourth novel, set in the Western landscape. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Stated Fir...

Under the Eye of the Storm

Hersey, John · 1967

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An intriguing novel of two couples on a sailboat and their fragile marriages. Stated First Edition. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the bright teal green ...

The Call: An American Missionary in China

Hersey, John · 1985

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Told in the form of a fictional biography, this account of the life and vocation of David Treadup, a New York farm boy who becomes a missionary to China, portrays the complex fascinating histo...

The Spring of the Ram

Dunnett, Dorothy · 1987

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Another fine contribution to the The House of Niccolo series of historical f...

The Marriage Plot

Eugenides, Jeffrey · 2011

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and ...

Foundations of a New Humanism 1280-1440

Duby Georges; translated by Peter Price · 1966

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Lausanne, Switzerland, Skira, 1966. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to oatmeal-colored, shiny cloth covers, lightly foxed, leading to some foxing of otherwise bright, fully intact dus...